Self-Help (eBook)

Samuel Smiles (Autor)

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2017
Dover Publications (Verlag)
9780486824840 (ISBN)

Infos

This 1859 guide coined the term self-help, promoting perseverance and ingenuity despite hardships and disappointments. Examples from the lives of prominent inventors and entrepreneurs illustrate the value of patience and optimism.

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Author Samuel Smiles coined the phrase self-help with this bestseller, originally published in 1859. Smiles envisions a world in which the lowliest members of a community can reach the heights of society through merit and hard work. A firm believer in the value of sustained effort, he emphasizes the pleasure of engaging in self-improvement for its own sake rather than strictly as a means to worldly advancement. The capacity of work well done to ennoble the life of any man, however humble, is Smiles' main thesis, illustrated with examples of wisdom gleaned from the biographies of notable self-starters. Written at the close of the Industrial Revolution, this book was influenced by the technological advances of the previous century, in which new manufacturing processes and scientific advances enabled greater accomplishments by determined, hard-working individuals. Citing incidents from the lives of prominent inventors and entrepreneurs, Smiles exhorts readers to draw upon their internal resources to get ahead in the world. The book celebrates the traits of perseverance and ingenuity, advocating in self-belief despite hardships and failures, with many illustrations of the value of patience and optimism. The founding work of the self-help movement, this volume retains the capacity to inspire.

Autor

Samuel Smiles (1812–1904) was the father of the modern self-help movement, originating the much-used term with this 1859 publication. A prominent Victorian liberal, he advocated for universal suffrage among men. Smiles' frustration with the limits of government action, however, aroused his interest in motivating individuals to independently transform their lives.

Inhalt

PrefaceIntroduction to the First EditionI. Self-Help: National and IndividualII. Leaders of Industry: Inventors and ProducersIII. Three Great PottersIV. Application and PerseveranceV. Helps and Opportunuties: Scientific PursuitsVI. Workers in ArtVII. Industry and the PeerageVIII. Energy and CourageIX. Men of BusinessX. Money: Its Use and AbuseXI. Self-Culture: Facilities and DifficultiesXII. Example: ModelsXIII. Character: The True Gentleman 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.8.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
• Schlagworte: advice for advancement • business • Character • disappointments • easy to read • fortune, Thrift • Happiness • Historic self-help • mid 20th century self help • motivational & inspirational • Non-fiction • notable self-starters • optimism • original self-help • Personal Growth • power and wealth • prominent inventors • promoting perseverance • relatable characters • self determination • self-esteem • Self-Help • self-improvement • Toyota philosophy • traits of perseverance and ingenuity • uplifting stories • value of sustained effort
• ISBN-13: 9780486824840 / 9780486824840